Cyclone separator



March 25, 1952 VAN DER KOLK 2,590,430

CYCLONE SEPARATOR Filed March 4,. 1949 841% k qa F l 6.4

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@ 2? Fles Patented Mar. 25, .1952

assig horto' Biireau van Tongeren N. V., Hiiemew stedeg: N etherlandwa company: oitlthB Nthemlandsi lithe-Netherlands This" in vention r relatesv -to =-apparatus :ifOl'xi rea movingdust; from rgases, and: has particular refer erence to im provements inn apparatus-1s for. this purpose of "the well; known -.cycloneirtype comprising; generallyaspeaking, anqy'open'ebottomehol+ loW-:- body of:oirculart shapeainxcross'. asection diSL-r posed west;(sallyand .1 into the .-,.upper: vportion: of: which the dust-laden gasesvares-introduced: :taner entially'; ria dustecolleetionr; bunkerz': be1owrrand connected catsitsltopiwithzthetopenrbottom of ,saidg: m hollow- -bo'dy'yand a gasv dischargepipe: extending :1 into the topoizsaidhollow' body-t Insuchiapparae tus the' gases introduced tangentially-:intonthe hollow body: follow a' helical, zdownwardvcourse thrmxgh saidT-hollowebodyyenten:the i bunkers and: r- I themflow iupwardlyiinwaneddyzstneam, centrally-rthizough fis the esubstantiallyxrhollow, .dow-nwardlyx+ flowing-stream; to the-mischarge pipe. through: which ;they;escape fromath'e:epparatuax DlIBwtO! centriiugahaction,zidustiacontamed inz'the' gases'lislrr' throwneagainstrme-sidecwallaof the :hollowabody: and gnavitatess into? theebunker: from: whichi-itru may;besremovedethrough;.aaralve-controlled: hote tomi'opening zimthe latter: H'eretofore; however; some oLzth ..dnstfientering;thez.bnnken.shas .;usnal1y:-' became aentriainedcin ethevaupwardl'y. "fiowingxeddy stream,' ..%withthec result ithatxthe gasesdischarged; from th' ppara'tus;havemotbeen asafrexoidustr: asitlieyrmightabar Accordingly; the; object :of the presentz 'imiention zisetokazprovide in apparatus em the: type .referrcdmto .;.simple', s practicalnmeans: whereby he iURWflldlMSflQW -HgI-DKEBCIdY streamcofz gasesszis compelled: to; :;re1easeea considerable: amour: fzthel dustecarriedctherehysbeforezsaidt streannreaehes the-dischmtgemipeiofythe epparae tusgzthllSj-i 9;:insnre-jamore -=thoroughlremovalzgof dust: friomxthe gasesqthamhasaheretofore;:been:ef: feicted *itapparatus oftithe typer-referred;:to;-

The. nvention is illustrated1.--in:th'eaccompany; ing; -=;d1:aw,-ings;iwherein I Figure 1:is.1a.;vertical -secti0nthrough;a .dust re moving y pparatus; sof v therfcyclonef type zz-illuse' tratin thdrpathaiofv:tnavel' ofi-sthe :easesrthere through; a

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I -minimumleseetmmommenine mannosuenreaeanme Figures 5, 6, 7 and 8.fanezzsectionalawiewsesimie dust bunker.

2.; lar wtot,FigureAc-illustrating;alternativedormsaofirf the invention:

Fig. lioiuthe drawings illustrates la-zverticalt; sectionzof a conventional: cyclone *providedwitha The dust loaded gas, supplied ibw conduit 1| 0, enters: tangentially into 'and iiatxzth'e topzoiltheicylindrical body-l I, and the-lower, end of said 'body cmerges; into 'a cone [2 opening into; abunker. I31 A vertical Qpipe l4;-passedethroughy. a central'copening insthe 1 top ;wall (of body:;-l l, pro-L jects ca 1 "suitable .xdistance; downwardly: into said. body; Inpibodyxl l,, the dust is forthegreaterrpart thrown "outwardsland is discharged: inwdownward'i direction, ,,.by 2a :comparatively weak ,carriercure: rent: of :gas, @main'ly'v along: the innerl wallsofi said body and of, tcone.a-:l 2 ;into ;bunker::l 3.2 Th'E-I2gaS;"; freed from a;:=.cer.tain-' zamountrjtoii dust, ;is.-1Ldis-.' charged; in'g-theaidirection of ar1'.0Ws=5a;:,a. by :pipe': I 4, which: communicates: for instance; withzza chimney. Arrow b:indicatesitherpath of the :eas; which carriesxthegdust towards bunker l 3. Saidgas necessarily n-returns-gfr'om :thegbunkerg whose: bottomjopening is closed by a;valve,s:-inithe vform: of an eddy indicated vby arrow-1c, "which moves; upwards,raround the .axis'of body. I livandzconerjlfl centrally within current b;

It a .will, .be readily appreciated 4 that eddy; c re-5 turns part' of the adust, which: had-q-already: reachedabunkem l3, towards .pipe I4; especially: if ':the bunkeracontainsra considerable amount of i It has; already:been proposed'-to; delete cones-l 2 2 so that the cylindricalibody ll directly openstlnto the dust bunker; and to mrovide; vertically. below the. openingsbetweenabody and :bunker; a :chama; ber, whose abottomr hasi'a :centralr. aperturetand whoserside' -wall$ is: provided with :a plurality :01 vertical, tangential; slots The -;:eddying; dust;

40,, loaded current, 1) isl-then discharged by said 'slots As 'aforesaidfth'e present invention has; for its object ito provide' a zcyclone vofith'e :saidlstype, 11::

which the-return current 'ofiiga s c 5136011111811 4 a release: azreonsiderable proportioned: the gdusta'can a ried thereby before reaching the discharge pipe [4. With this object in view, the invention consists in providing a substantially horizontal partition vertically below the central aperture in the bottom of said chamber and in associating with said partition a circular series of spaced blades between which the return current of the gases flows and which are effective to reverse the direction of rotation of the return current. The result is that said blades baiile a considerable proportion of the dust suspended in the eturn current and cause it to drop into the bunker, instead of being discharged by pipe M,

Beyond the reversing blades, the return current, which moves upward in the central zone of the cyclone, will rotate in a direction opposite that of the downcoming carrier current and of the main current eddying in the upper part of the cyclone. This impairs the efiiciency of the cyclone. With a view to avoiding this interference; I preferably additionally provide beyond, but close to, the reversing blades a second circular series of blades disposed so as to again reverse the direction of rotation of the return current.

Fig. 2 shows, in a vertical section, the lower part of a cyclone in accordance with the invention. The dust bunker 13 here directly communicates with the lower end of the body H which may be either cylindrical as shown by full lines or conical as indicated by dotted lines.

The numeral 55 indicates the chamber secured to. the bottom side of the top wall of the bunker, vertically below the aperture between the latter and the body I I. The tangential slots in the side wall of said chamber are indicated by 16 in Fig. 3, which is a section along the line III-411 in Fig. 2. Some distance below the central bottom opening ll of chamber 15 is a horizontal partition l8 which is connected with the bottom of said chamber through a circular series of reversing blades l9, see Fig. 4, which illustrates a section along the line IV-IV in Fig. 2. Rotation of the carrier and the return currents of the gases is in the same direction, as indicated by the arrows d and e in Figures 3 and 4, respectively, until the return current reaches the blades l9. However, said blades l9 are inclined in directions such that they require the return current, in order to pass between them, to have its direction of rotation reversed, whereby a considerable amount of the dust carried by the return current is caused to drop therefrom into the bunker. Q

The return current may be permitted to flow upwardly: through the carrier current while rotating in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the carrier current, but this is undesirable as it would impair the eiiiciency of the apparatus. Accordingly, there preferably is provided, as illustrated in Figure 5, inwardly with respect to a first or outer series reversing blades 19a corresponding to the blades I9 of Figure 4, a second or inner series of reversing blades 29, whereby the "return current, after having its direction of rotation reversed by the blades I9a, again has its direction of rotation reversed so that in flowing upwardly through the carrier current it rotates in the same direction as the carrier current.

Figure 6 of the drawings illustrates that the inner set of reversing blades, designated as 20 may be of. substantially semi-circular shape incross'section andzmay extend across the space below..the:opening..in the bottom .wall of the chamber 15 instead of in surrounding relationship to said space as in the case of the blades 20 illustrated in Figure 5. Otherwise the Figure 6 form of the invention is generally the same in construction and mode of operation as the Figure 5,form of the invention.

Figure 7 illustrates that instead of the blades of the two reversing sets being separate from each other, as in the Figures 5 and 6 forms of the invention, one blade of each set may be formed integrally with one blade of the other set. Otherwise, the Figure 7 form of the invention is generally the same, structurally and in mode of operation, as the Figures 5 and 6 forms of the invention. In Figure 7 the blades of the outer set are designated as 19 and the blades of the inner set are designated as 20.

Figure 8 illustrates that the inner set of reversing blades, designated as 2|, may be of the radial, inclined or fan-blade type. Otherwise, this form of the invention also is generally the same, structurally and in mode of operation, as-

the Figures 5 to '7 forms of the invention.

The bunker 13 shown in Fig. 2 may discharge into a second, larger bunker, in which case a valve should be interposed. If the second bunker is to be emptied, the said valve should be closed, otherwise a considerable amount of dust could be drawn upward from said bunker into the cy-- clone, if a vacuum obtains therein. In this case,

bunker l3 serves the purpose of temporarily receiving the dust collected by the cyclone.

What I claim is:

1. Apparatus for removing dust from gases,-

comprising, a closed-top, open-bottom upright casing of substantially circular cross section;

means for the delivery of dust-laden gases-tangentially into the top portion of' said casing" whereby the gases are caused to rotate in their travel downwardly through and from said casing, a dust-collection bunker belowand in communi-. cation at its top with said casing through the open bottom of the :latter, a gas discharge pipeextending through the top of said casing downwardly a limited distance into said casing, a first wall in said bunker below the open bottom of said casing, second wall means substantially parallel to the axis of the casing connecting said first wall and the top of said bunker having at least one tangential slot for escape of the rotating gases into said bunker without having their di-v said first wall rection of rotation changed, having therein an opening for return flow of the gases therethrough from said bunker upwardflowing from said bunker between said parallel walls to the opening in said first'mentioned wall,

and a second set of spaced blades between said parallel walls inwardly with respect to the blades of said first mentioned set efiective to again re-'-- verse the direction of rotation of the gases and to return them to their original direction of ro-- tation before they-pass upwardly through the opening in said first mentioned horizontal wall.

2. Apparatus as set forth inclaim 1 in which the individual blades of the two. sets are formed integrally-with each other.

3. Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 in which the blades of both sets extend substantially vertically between the said parallel walls.

4. Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 in which the blades of the second mentioned set are of the radially disposed fan-like type.

5. Apparatus for removing dust from gases, comprising, a casing of circular cross section closed at one end and open at the opposite end, means for delivery of dust-laden gas tangentially into the closed end portion of said casing whereby the gas is caused to rotate in its travel to the open end through and from said casing, a dust collecting bunker with which the open end of the casing is in communication, said bunker having a first exterior wall surrounding the open end of the casing, a gas discharge pipe extending through the closed end of said casing a limited distance into said casing,-an interior wall in said bunker at substantially right angles to the axis of said casing and disposed some axial distance from the open end of said casing :below said first exterior wall, second interior wall means arranged in substantially parallel relation with the axis of said casing and disposed between the interior side of said first exterior wall of the bunker that surrounds the open end of the casing, said wall means having at least one tangential slot for escape of the rotating gas into said bunker without having their direction of rotation changed, said first interior wall having an opening aligned with said casing for return flow of gases therethrough from the bunker into and through the casing centrally of the latter to said discharge pipe, a partition in said bunker substantially parallel with the said first interior wall and disposed a greater axial distance from the open end of said casing than said first interior wall, and a set of spaced blades between the said first interior wall and the said partition inclined to reverse the direction of rotation of the gas flowing from said bunker between said first interior wall and said partition to the opening in said first interior wall.

6. Apparatus as set forth in claim 5 including a second set of blades to again reverse the direction of rotation of the gases and to return them to their original direction of rotation after their original direction of rotation has been reversed by the first mentioned set of blades.

HENDRIK VAN DER KOLK.

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